Jesus never read the New Testament Bible, does that mean he isn't a Christian?

The Bible is filled with Beautiful stories with lessons on how to live well and spread joy. The Bible is a useful tool to use to answer some questions along the way on how to live a good life. Even if you don't share the same belief system, the Bible answers life's most complicated questions & you can get some good stuff out of it. Most importantly the Bible overstates how much God loves us :) which is always good to hear! The Bible is a good read...

BUT it is not God. 

I respect the Bible as a Holy Book but the Bible is not my God. My God would never be encompassed by words on a page. My God is too great to be summarized into a number of stories. 

If I want to visit my God and hear what God is thinking I sit on a bench and watch the wind blow through the leaves on the trees as the sunsets. My God is kind, loving & doesn't need to pass judgment.

Often times the Bible is used as a tool to isolate those who don't read it, or to prove that one particular lifestyle choice is better than another. The most Condescending use of the Bible is "Genesis: 45:21 or Corinthians 3:45"...Bible quotes to get your point across?!? How Lame! Jesus never needed quotes. His LIFE was proof, he didn't need a book to back up what he was saying!

Jesus never banged on a bible.

The next time someone throws a Bible verse at you to prove what God expects of humanity ask them if Jesus had a (new testament)bible? Did Moses read the bible?! Mohamed?

The answer is NO! None of these men read the Bible. But they were all considered Christian, Jewish, & Muslim respectively. So think of this, if these men Never even opened up this book, the Bible, how can anyone today use the Bible to prove their positions on anything? It was based on their lives After they died! Which means They didn't even have the Bible to Use as a guide book. So how come today the Bible is to be slapped & beaten and shame is to be put upon us for not following it letter for letter?

Maybe the Bible is just that, a book.

Next time someone slaps the Bible or Bible Bashing or makes you feel shame for not knowing the exact counter Bible quote to support your lifestyle choice ask them this: 

Jesus never read the Bible, does that mean he isn't Christian?

Bow your head today and pray for those people that need to memorize versus to prove how right THEIR God is & be sure to send them LOVE from EVERYONE'S all loving GOD :)

XO